Movies: Birds

To show the habitat, life cycle and typical activities of the Barn Swallow....

Documentary about kookaburras...

In this traditional blue-chip documentary we show a dramatic comparison between two environments fed by the same stock of sardine, and dominated by the Cape gannets....

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A woman struggles with grief...

Animated East German short about a dissenting bird....

Documents an eight-year project begun in 1979 under the direction of Larry M. Rymon to reintroduce the osprey into Pennsylvania. Due to loss of habitat and wide use of agricultural chemicals, the bird has disappeared from the state for nearly forty y...

Birds as pets is a foreign concept to many Singaporeans. Many would assume it to be an elderly man’s hobby. However, a new trend of keeping parrots is arising but many are still ignorant to the joys and issues associated with caring for these exotic ...

Shows the adaptations of several birds which enable them to obtain food, fly, swim, and live efficiently in certain habitats. Examines the differences in bills adapted for spearing fish, breaking seeds, tearing prey, or chipping wood. Demonstrates ...

The flight and feeding customs of the most important sea bird species of the Galapagos Islands are described. Some characteristic body and wing measurements are used to describe the flight of these species. The species which are able to forage furthe...

This film documents the yearly cycle of the great blue heron, its migration from Central America and the West Indies to the St. Lawrence River in Québec, and the breeding and rearing of its young. Outstanding footage shot by the filmmaker perched hig...

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A beautiful seagull is injured during a storm, ends up in a forest and joins a family of woodpeckers. She is rejected by the older members, but the young woodpecker falls in love with her. So he leaves the forest at home and takes her to the sea, whe...

Tom is anxious, he holds a secret in his human heart, a wing beat and a flutter and its bursting to take flight....

Follows a blackbird family through processes of nest building, breeding and hatching....

In the future, technology may change, but the patterns and routines of daily life stay constant, until we disrupt them. A short animation by Matthias Hoegg....

Four scenes each just over a minute long showing a collage of filmed owls placed on top of a scene from a British film of the 1940s (This Happy Breed, 1941). In each scene owls appear and disappear....